IP Library Granted Patent US 7,329,090
Granted Patent B2
US 7,329,090 · App. 11/225,088 · Granted Feb 12, 2008

Spring clamping clip

Assignee: ABB Turbo Systems AG
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Patent No.
US 7,329,090
App. No.
11/225,088
Granted
Feb 12, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The use of spring clamping clips between two adjacent guide vane shafts leads to a defined force on the bearing points of the guide vane in the guide bush. The seating force, resulting from the clamping force and the flow-related lift/drift forces, of the guide vane in the guide bush is therefore always positive and the guide vane rests constantly in the guide bush.

Claims (21)

1. A guide arrangement of a turbomachine, comprising a plurality of guide vanes arranged on rotatably mounted guide vane shafts, wherein two respective guide vane shafts are restrained by means of a spring clamping clip, the spring clamping clip having a respective shaft seating region for accommodating a respective guide vane shaft, and, during the restraint, the elastically deformable spring clamping clip, in the area of the two seating regions, produces two opposed forces in the direction of the restrained guide vane shafts.

2. The guide arrangement of a turbomachine, comprising at least one guide vane arranged on a rotatably mounted guide vane shaft, wherein the guide vane shaft is restrained against a housing part by means of a spring clamping clip, the spring clamping clip having a shaft seating region for accommodating the guide vane shaft and a housing seating region for accommodating the housing part, and, during the restraint, the elastically deformable spring clamping clip, in the area of the two seating regions, produces two opposed forces in the direction of the restrained guide vane shaft on the one hand and in the direction of the housing part on the other hand.

3. The guide arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seating regions are designed to be curved in opposite directions.

4. The guide arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the spring clamping clip and/or the guide vane shaft are/is provided with an anti-wear coating, and/or an anti-wear coating is arranged between spring clamping clip and guide vane shaft.

5. The guide arrangement as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the seating regions are coated with an anti-wear coating.

6. An exhaust turbocharger, comprised by a guide arrangement as claimed in claim 1 .

7. A spring clamping clip for mutual restraint of two shafts arranged parallel to one another and at a distance from one another, wherein the spring clamping clip has two shaft seating regions for accommodating a respective shaft and, during the restraint, the elastically deformable spring clamping clip, in the area of the two seating regions, produces two opposed forces in the direction of the shafts to be restrained, a first shaft seating region formed to match a shaft contour at less than or equal to 120° and a second shaft seating region formed to match a shaft contour.

8. The spring clamping clip as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the shaft seating regions are designed to be curved in opposite directions.

9. The spring clamping clip as claimed in claim 7 , wherein, in the area around at least one of the two shaft seating regions, the spring clamping clip comprises means for fitting the spring clamping clip between two shafts to be restrained relative to one another.

10. The spring clamping clip as claimed in claim 9 , wherein that the means for fitting the spring clamping clip comprise a fitting-aid region which comprises a curvature directed against the force produced in this shaft seating region during the restraint of the spring clamping clip.

11. The spring clamping clip as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the seating regions are coated with an anti-wear coating.

12. A shaft bearing arrangement, comprising two shafts mounted parallel to one another and at a distance from one another, wherein the two shafts are restrained relative to one another by means of a spring clamping clip as claimed in claim 7 .

13. The guide arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the seating regions are designed to be curved in opposite directions.

14. The guide arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the spring clamping clip and/or the guide vane shaft are/is provided with an anti-wear coating, and/or an anti-wear coating is arranged between spring clamping clip and guide vane shaft.

15. The guide arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the spring clamping clip and/or the guide vane shaft are/is provided with an anti-wear coating, and/or an anti-wear coating is arranged between spring clamping clip and guide vane shaft.

16. An exhaust turbocharger, comprised by a guide arrangement as claimed in claim 2 .

17. An exhaust turbocharger, comprised by a guide arrangement as claimed in claim 3 .

18. An exhaust turbocharger, comprised by a guide arrangement as claimed in claim 4 .

19. An exhaust turbocharger, comprised by a guide arrangement as claimed in claim 5 .

20. A spring clamping clip for mutual restraint of two shafts arranged parallel to one another and at a distance from one another, wherein the spring clamping clip has a respective shaft seating region for accommodating a respective shaft and, during the restraint, the elastically deformable spring clamping clip, in the area of the two seating regions, produces two opposed forces in the direction of the shafts to be restrained, wherein the seating regions are coated with an anti-wear coating.

21. A shaft bearing arrangement, comprising two shafts mounted parallel to one another and at a distance from one another, wherein the two shafts are restrained relative to one another by means of a spring clamping clip as claimed in claim 20 .

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 3, 2025
From: TURBO SYSTEMS SWITZERLAND LTD.
To: ACCELLERON SWITZERLAND LTD.
Reel/Frame 070378/0198 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 26, 2022
From: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
To: ABB SWITZERLAND LTD
Reel/Frame 061219/0175 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2022
From: ABB SWITZERLAND LTD
To: TURBO SYSTEMS SWITZERLAND LTD
Reel/Frame 061541/0473 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 21, 2020
From: ABB TURBO SYSTEMS AG
To: ABB TURBO SYSTEMS HOLDING AG
Reel/Frame 053574/0340 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 21, 2020
From: ABB TURBO SYSTEMS HOLDING AG
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 053575/0854 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2005
From: SCHLIENGER, JOEL; KOPP, ADRIAN
To: ABB TURBO SYSTEMS AG
Reel/Frame 016980/0851 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 04405605 · Sep 21, 2004 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060073020A1 · Apr 6, 2006